mkvtoolnix_2.7.0
mkvtoolnix 2.7.0 and Windows ---------------------------- ---[ NOTE 1 ]--------------------------------------------------------- Versions after 0.8.1 require a new runtime DLL archive. Please download it from http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ Thanks. ---[ NOTE 1 ]--------------------------------------------------------- ---[ NOTE 2 ]--------------------------------------------------------- THIS FILE IS OUTDATED! I don't use cygwin anymore but mingw. Unfortunately compilation of all required libraries is FAR from easy with mingw as almost every package needs some kind of patch of specialized Makefile. I'll update this file with build instructions for mingw when I find the time to do so. They're basically the instructions below with some additional steps here and there. ---[ NOTE 2 ]-------------------------------------------------------- Since 2003-05-09 it is possible to compile mkvtoolnix under the cygwin environment under Windows. These are some very short build and installation instructions. If you just need some binaries then get them from http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ 1) Download cygwin from http://www.cygwin.com/ and install it. Be sure to include all relevant stuff like the auto* packages and all iconv packages. 2) Download libogg and libvorbis from http://www.xiph.org/ Get the source packages, not the binaries for Windows. They should be named libogg-1.0.tar.gz and libvorbis-1.0.tar.gz or something like that (don't mind the actual version number, it might be higher than 1.0). 3) In the cygwin bash execute the following commands which will build the Ogg and Vorbis libraries: cd /usr/local/src tar xvzf /where/i/put/libogg-1.0.tar.gz cd libogg-1.0 ./configure make make install cd /usr/local/src tar xvzf /where/i/put/libvorbis-1.0.tar.gz cd libvorbis-1.0 ./configure --with-ogg=/usr/local make make install 4) Get current versions of libebml and libmatroska (either from CVS or a proper release). For the CVS version do the following: cd /usr/local/src cvs -d :ext:anonymous@matroska.corecodec.org:/cvsroot/matroska \ co libebml cd libebml/make/linux make lib install cd /usr/local/src cvs -d :ext:anonymous@matroska.corecodec.org:/cvsroot/matroska \ co libmatroska cd libmatroska/make/linux make LIBEBML_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/ebml lib install The same applies to the releases. Of course here you have to replace the 'cvs -d ...' with 'tar xvzf libebml-...', and you have to include the proper version number in the cd commands. 5) Download and install wxWindows (http://www.wxwindows.org/) if you want a GUI for mkvinfo. Make sure that mkvtoolnix' configure can find the wx-config script. 6) Get the mkvtoolnix sources either from CVS or a release (note that 0.3.2 is the first version that can be compiled under cygwin). For the CVS version do the following: cd /usr/local/src cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@bunkus.org:/home/cvs co mkvtoolnix cd mkvtoolnix ./autogen.sh ./configure --with-ogg-prefix=/usr/local \ --with-vorbis-prefix=/usr/local make make install If you use a release version the steps are very similar: cd /usr/local/src tar xvjf /where/i/put/mkvtoolnix-x.y.z.tar.bz2 cd mkvtoolnix-x.y.z ./configure --with-ogg-prefix=/usr/local \ --with-vorbis-prefix=/usr/local make make install 7) Be happy and drink some milk. Moooo! Bug reports ----------- If you're sure you've found a bug - e.g. if one of my programs crashes with an obscur error message, or if the resulting file is missing part of the original data, then by all means submit a bug report. I use Anthill (http://www.bunkus.org/anthill/index.php) as my bug database. You can submit your bug reports there. Please be as verbose as possible - e.g. include the command line, if you use Windows or Linux etc.pp. If at all possible please include sample files as well so that I can reproduce the issue. If they are larger than 1M then please upload them somewhere and post a link in the Anthill bug report.
